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and the employer withdrew recognition and took away healthcare benefits. we think that is just plain wrong tp it is illegal. we have been trying for a year to unsettle it. the company is unwilling. we went to city hall, the bargaining table. we took this dramatic action today because workers are very concerned about their loved ones that are trying to get healthcare coverage. >> they keep saying they want out of your union and they can get health benefits on their own or, by the way, i suppose go into obama care. which i know you support. >> across the country, workers need a raise -- >> they don't want your help. ms. henry, you know what you are doing to middle class people? just making their thanksgiving rotten. >> larry, you are repeating an inaccurate statement from the employer. over 50% of these workers support their union. they want good jobs with wages that they can feed their families on. we want to restore middle class jobs at lax. >> then why don't you do it in an orderly way? >> we've been trying for over a year to do that. >> instead of disrup
and the employer withdrew recognition and took away healthcare benefits. we think that is just plain wrong tp it is illegal. we have been trying for a year to unsettle it. the company is unwilling. we went to city hall, the bargaining table. we took this dramatic action today because workers are very concerned about their loved ones that are trying to get healthcare coverage. >> they keep saying they want out of your union and they can get health benefits on their own or, by the way, i...
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the medallions being leased to cap companies, somewhere aruond $25 dollars per driver; it won't buy healthcare. do something real about the driver fund. >> chairman nolan: next speaker. >> first time here. i have been driving a cab for 17 years. one thing that bothers me so much the -- [indiscernible] they take my business. [indiscernible] >> chairman nolan: next speaker please? >> i was in the office in my company talking about these alternative vehicles and where the driver said to me, and we are like a third world country, everybody gets in their car and picks people up. if the tax industry goes away, who serves the disabled community? do you think uber will do that? i don't think so. how about people that don't have a smart phone? you are not allowed us to compete. the cab companies are not allowing us to compete. uber is hiring drivers with the app. people are independent contractors but it should be able to use any app they want; we need a universal app engine need help us do this, help us get the tools to compete with these people. if you read the article yesterday, the comments, the pu
the medallions being leased to cap companies, somewhere aruond $25 dollars per driver; it won't buy healthcare. do something real about the driver fund. >> chairman nolan: next speaker. >> first time here. i have been driving a cab for 17 years. one thing that bothers me so much the -- [indiscernible] they take my business. [indiscernible] >> chairman nolan: next speaker please? >> i was in the office in my company talking about these alternative vehicles and where the...
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last week and i heard the city of new york is planning on issuing a request a proposal for drivers healthcare. in order to increase the level of coverage. i want to talk to new york city and other jurisdictions about leveraging multiple cities populations of taxi drivers to bring rates down and provide health care for san francisco taxi drivers. >> chairman nolan: what is the rate at which the fund is growing? >> we started a pilot program, approximately 1 million dollars a year. we started the pilot program in late 2010. i cannot say with any accuracy what would happen when old medallions become transferable. that is what is happening now. >> chairman nolan: i am interested in that. that would be a wonderful thing to be able to do that. mr. -- point about being at a level, middle level, i would be interested in seeing that. >> a lot of the cabdrivers have talked about sort of the other challenges that they face in their industry, corruption may be within the cap companies, maybe with non-driving drivers holding the down is required to drive, competition, challenges around technology that may
last week and i heard the city of new york is planning on issuing a request a proposal for drivers healthcare. in order to increase the level of coverage. i want to talk to new york city and other jurisdictions about leveraging multiple cities populations of taxi drivers to bring rates down and provide health care for san francisco taxi drivers. >> chairman nolan: what is the rate at which the fund is growing? >> we started a pilot program, approximately 1 million dollars a year. we...
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gregg: new regulations with the president's healthcare law. it's going to take effect. doctor siegel will tell us what it means for you and for people everywhere. ainsley: one city is no longer allowing nativity scenes at a park. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more pcessed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i kn is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i love 'em even more. i earn 1%h back everywhere, ry time. 2% on groceries. i earn 3% ogas. everywhere, rautomatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% back on... [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpkin pie. and apple. 3% back on 4 trips to the airport. it's as easy as... -[ man ] 1... -[ woman ] 2... [ woman ] 3. [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. gregg: our troops overseas celebrating thanksgiving in afghanistan r-r after feasting on a traditional mea
gregg: new regulations with the president's healthcare law. it's going to take effect. doctor siegel will tell us what it means for you and for people everywhere. ainsley: one city is no longer allowing nativity scenes at a park. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more pcessed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i kn is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for...
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demonstrations they were arrested during the uprising last year along with more than seventy other healthcare workers it comes a day after amnesty international issued a highly critical report which states the bahraini government broke its promise to improve its human rights situation on the contrary the findings suggest torture oppression and police brutality against protesters are on the crease demonstrations have been ongoing for more than eighteen months and although they've been largely unreported by the international media cover the middle of campus who worked on the court told me what she found. alone we have found out that actually the situation is much or any worse months ago it's well you know terry rate we're talking about at least twenty four people being killed. in a commission of inquiry issued its report last year a ban on not protest at the end to october and only a week ago there were occasional nationality of thirty one opposition activists were also talking about continuous harassment of human rights and one of them is now the president of the phone center for human rights
demonstrations they were arrested during the uprising last year along with more than seventy other healthcare workers it comes a day after amnesty international issued a highly critical report which states the bahraini government broke its promise to improve its human rights situation on the contrary the findings suggest torture oppression and police brutality against protesters are on the crease demonstrations have been ongoing for more than eighteen months and although they've been largely...
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many have cut contribution to food banks and coming up can could major healthcare object poe let. and ktvu channel 2 morning news lore raining blanco -- lorraine blanco is live outside the best buy store where the line keeps growing. >>> a port potosi is -- port tow potty is a good option. camps received bridge brat bracelets for television and topment if he you decided to make the sacrifice last minute and with these chilly temperatures they will pay the price. >> are you prepared this morning? >> just a little. but time would have helped and more blankets. lots more blankets. >> how are you feeling then. >> yes an exciting. >> reporter: also on fitzgerald boulevard toys-r-us opens on thanksgiving and then you can buy turkey and go shopping. so far, nobody is in line put they actually go past the 10th all the way out passed the parking lot and most people are still sleeping in their tents right now. you can expect long linesment get the guy another blanket. most stores will open early than 8:00 is tonight and then you have the great mall in milpitas. those open at 10:00 p.m. >>>
many have cut contribution to food banks and coming up can could major healthcare object poe let. and ktvu channel 2 morning news lore raining blanco -- lorraine blanco is live outside the best buy store where the line keeps growing. >>> a port potosi is -- port tow potty is a good option. camps received bridge brat bracelets for television and topment if he you decided to make the sacrifice last minute and with these chilly temperatures they will pay the price. >> are you...
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. >> eliot: the supreme court decides a law such as the president's healthcare reform act, which i happen to like and think is constitutional, but chief justice roberts who whose vote says its constitutional. >> it was to be decided by the people and we just had an election about that. >> eliot: that is the difference between the presidential process, either with the congress or executive and the judiciary which has to make sure what we do is within these boundaries. let's take something like affirmative action and put it in that context. what is the constitutional issue when it comes to affirmative action. >> the tricky question is what those words equal protection really mean. do they surely prohibit the kind of apartheid policies that were condemned in brown versus board of education. those policies were designed to really stigmatize and put down to treat a second class of the blacks who had before that experienced generations of slavery and subordination. the same thing if they are used to up a racially outcome by bringing folks who have been previously excluded historically from the
. >> eliot: the supreme court decides a law such as the president's healthcare reform act, which i happen to like and think is constitutional, but chief justice roberts who whose vote says its constitutional. >> it was to be decided by the people and we just had an election about that. >> eliot: that is the difference between the presidential process, either with the congress or executive and the judiciary which has to make sure what we do is within these boundaries. let's...
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gifts of healthcare. so that says fundamental misreading about what happened. i'll pour more salt in the wound. paul ryan said the reason we won is because we did tpwhell you shallen areas. we won his hometown by 24 points and he lost it by ten and it's not an you shallen area. so it's disturbing within eighty days there is that think about that gift to young people, latinos. gifts of contraception to women. so if that's your diagnosis, and it actually has eerie echoes of the 47%. so to the think of soul searching. governor romney is going off the stage. others who are going to be facing voters in 2014 and 2016 are going to be most prominent in deciding a direction. i think that would be concerning to anybody in the republican party is thinking how do we get more square with the country as it exists today. >> i think technology played an interesting role in both of those moments and perhaps others in the campaign. i'd love to hear you talk about this for a moment. for example, in a previous era the 47% tape might never have been made or might have only been an
gifts of healthcare. so that says fundamental misreading about what happened. i'll pour more salt in the wound. paul ryan said the reason we won is because we did tpwhell you shallen areas. we won his hometown by 24 points and he lost it by ten and it's not an you shallen area. so it's disturbing within eighty days there is that think about that gift to young people, latinos. gifts of contraception to women. so if that's your diagnosis, and it actually has eerie echoes of the 47%. so to the...
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house speaker john boehner sending an ultimatum to the president saying his healthcare plan has to be on the table as congress works to avoid a fiscal cliff. >> a new report of the death of usama bin laden reveals shadowy details of the at-sea burial of the world's most wanted terrorist. a cloud hanging over excited shoppers on black friday as workers at the nation's largest retailer get ready for a possible walkout on the busiest shopping day of the year. heather: we can see groups of walmart employees demanding higher pay and better benefits and urging employees to walk out if the demand are not met. with the national labor relations board holding off on a ruling until after thanksgiving, it looks like thousands of shoppers could see serious disruptions. james rosen live for us in our d.c. bureau. >> reporter: heather and rick, happy thanksgiving to you it's an unusual situation when walmart seeks protection from the national labor relations board. that agency was only handed this case last friday. federal investigators have been deposing witnesses and reviewing documents in advance
house speaker john boehner sending an ultimatum to the president saying his healthcare plan has to be on the table as congress works to avoid a fiscal cliff. >> a new report of the death of usama bin laden reveals shadowy details of the at-sea burial of the world's most wanted terrorist. a cloud hanging over excited shoppers on black friday as workers at the nation's largest retailer get ready for a possible walkout on the busiest shopping day of the year. heather: we can see groups of...
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healthcare costs grew more, 400% but college tuition rose 750%. >> first thing you are struck by is our jungle lobby, all of the trappings of jungle retreat. >> john: one place is luxuries that entice students and their money. this is rec center at the university of missouri. >> you'll find yourself in a jungle gym to welcome you. tiger lai is sitting studio and it is outstanding with work by an international artist. new life is a day spo spa. >> it's no surprise that tuition i high are we keep feeding the problem. >> they wrote a book how colleges waste money. >> they hike their prices the federal government we'll contribute a little more. >> john: today almost aul hatch have students get federal aid. >> we have to make it's available for everybody that nts to go. >> the government got them into this mess. >> john: because the government pays for everything? >> yes the cost of colleges, it's not just this number that comes out of thin air. colleges know they can keep increasing the costs because the government says we'll keep paying for it. if the government said we are not going to ma
healthcare costs grew more, 400% but college tuition rose 750%. >> first thing you are struck by is our jungle lobby, all of the trappings of jungle retreat. >> john: one place is luxuries that entice students and their money. this is rec center at the university of missouri. >> you'll find yourself in a jungle gym to welcome you. tiger lai is sitting studio and it is outstanding with work by an international artist. new life is a day spo spa. >> it's no surprise that...
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." >>> welcome to a gps special, "global lessons: the gps roadmap for saving healthcare." i'm fareed zakaria. america's system of bringing us into this world, helping us stay alive, and supporting us as we die is at a major across roads. president obama signed the most comprehensive overall of health care since medicare. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care, america spends 17%. what's more, we don't really benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. it's more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour and in a "time" magazine essay, we're going to take you around the world to study health care systems in other countries to find out what lessons we can learn from others. we'll visit great britain, taiwan and switzerland to find out what those nations are doing right and what they're doing wrong. we'll also show you some really interesting innovation going on back here in america. one thing americans are
." >>> welcome to a gps special, "global lessons: the gps roadmap for saving healthcare." i'm fareed zakaria. america's system of bringing us into this world, helping us stay alive, and supporting us as we die is at a major across roads. president obama signed the most comprehensive overall of health care since medicare. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care, america spends 17%. what's more, we don't really benefit from the huge price tag....
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healthcare though is a specific part of your father's legacy that we are now debating in real-time. what are your thoughts about the debate we are having given your father's accomplishments in that area? >> there are a lot of people from both parties who work together. that was a time when the country, even if you disagreed with someone, you wanted government to work. [applause] we have this feeling of gotcha. this is going to hurt you kind of thing rather than talking about issues and saying you want this and i want. can't we find a middle ground? can't we find a way to agree on things and do what we agree upon? we lived in a glory time. -- gory time. it was pretty generic. it is not very nice now. i am glad my husband is out of politics. i would not want to be in it now. one of the things that susan and i have found and i found this with julie and the other presidential children, i think that we have been there and we know what it is like. to some extent i think we protected each other. we sympathize, at least i have tried not to give advice to other people unless i am asked becau
healthcare though is a specific part of your father's legacy that we are now debating in real-time. what are your thoughts about the debate we are having given your father's accomplishments in that area? >> there are a lot of people from both parties who work together. that was a time when the country, even if you disagreed with someone, you wanted government to work. [applause] we have this feeling of gotcha. this is going to hurt you kind of thing rather than talking about issues and...
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and there is no question on social issues whether it's women's healthcare or immigration. there was asset of issues that for younger voters was important to think about the kind of country and kind of president they wanted representing them. so on all those questions people wrestled carefully. i think that's why ultimately enough people in enough battleground states chose the president to continue this journey we're on. quickly in terms of demography. we don't know this for sure but we could be seeing different elections in on years and off years. the election in 2014 is going to be different than presidential electorates. and the comments i made were predicated on what we thought would happen in a presidential election. you had latinos turning out. the president won the cuban vote. the first time infer florida. you saw young voters actually exceeding in most states their turnout from four years ago to the surprise of most analyst. you saw african turn out even though the excitement was four years ago, you saw a real determination there to support the president and you saw
and there is no question on social issues whether it's women's healthcare or immigration. there was asset of issues that for younger voters was important to think about the kind of country and kind of president they wanted representing them. so on all those questions people wrestled carefully. i think that's why ultimately enough people in enough battleground states chose the president to continue this journey we're on. quickly in terms of demography. we don't know this for sure but we could be...
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and many people felt it was a good thing when robert upheld part of the affordable healthcare act. one of them is the victim and says that it would not be upheld by the promise of the commerce clause. it is the cornerstone of the entire civil rights movement. the insurance industry, the whole broad enormous impact of the insurance industry, they are not going to be part of the commerce club, then the ability to ride a bus or to enter a store in the whole notion of public accommodation is founded in the commerce clause. and i think that, you know, does the things that i worry about. that is the ground of all the conversations we are having and the current supreme court does not seem committed to that last 50 years of jurisprudence and that worries me great deals you feed. >> what other political issues that are important for queer communities -- the energy that we are putting around marriage equality issue. >> this is an important question. issues of employment discrimination are critically important. even things like health care disparity, if you will, the reality of where lbgt peo
and many people felt it was a good thing when robert upheld part of the affordable healthcare act. one of them is the victim and says that it would not be upheld by the promise of the commerce clause. it is the cornerstone of the entire civil rights movement. the insurance industry, the whole broad enormous impact of the insurance industry, they are not going to be part of the commerce club, then the ability to ride a bus or to enter a store in the whole notion of public accommodation is...